Information Security Manager
UK
The median Information Security Manager daily rate in the UK is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 499 | 553 | 645 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +54 | +92 | +101 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Information Security Manager | 21 | 29 | 73 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.072% | 0.067% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.078% | 0.072% | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 22 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £363 | £509 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £472 | £550 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £480 | £625 | £618 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.20% | +1.21% | +5.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £706 | £694 |
| 90th Percentile | £672 | £749 | £820 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £485 | £665 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.14% | +18.22% | -13.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 27,084 | 40,415 | 56,464 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.78% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,692 | 26,309 | 39,470 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £492 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.46% | -1.60% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,035 | 2,664 | 1,570 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.07 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.42 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.37% | -19.07% | +91.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £39.55 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.20% | -6.94% | +117.95% |
Information Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Information Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Information Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security Manager.
Information Security Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Information Security Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security Manager.
Information Security Manager
Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +47 | 18 | £480 | -20.00% | 36 |
| London | +36 | 12 | £480 | +1.05% | 21 |
| UK excluding London | +58 | 9 | £485 | -27.14% | 22 |
| Work from Home | +34 | 8 | £465 | -11.43% | 14 |
| South East | +43 | 3 | £450 | -23.40% | 6 |
| South West | +40 | 2 | £625 | -6.37% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | - | - | |
| East of England | - | 1 | £519 | - | |
| Scotland | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
Information Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Information Security Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Information Security Manager in the job title.
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Information Security Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: